School Travel Awards: your 2025 winners and finalists

Nominated and voted for by EVCs, teachers and school staff involved in educational visits, the 2025 winners were announced during the School Travel Awards ceremony held on Friday 21st November at the five-star Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

The full results for 2025…

Best Historic Attraction or Venue

This category is presented in partnership with Conway Centres.

• Bletchley Park
• Hever Castle (WINNER)
• HMS Belfast
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• The Roman Baths
• Westminster Abbey
• Windsor Castle

Best Sporting Venue

This category is presented in partnership with LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort.

• AirHop Adventure Parks
• Gravity Active
• Lee Valley VeloPark
• Manchester City Educational Tour Experiences
• Snozone (WINNER)
• Wembley Stadium

Best Theatre Production for Schools

This category is presented in partnership with Gravity.

• Back To The Future The Musical
• The Lion King
• Mamma Mia!
• Matilda The Musical (WINNER)
• SIX the Musical
• Wicked
• The Woman in Black

Best UK Attraction

This category is presented in partnership with Camps International.

• Go Ape
• Ironbridge Valley of Invention
• LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort
• Madame Tussauds London
• National Memorial Arboretum
• Up at The O2
• Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter (WINNER)

Best International Destination or Attraction

This category is presented in partnership with Equity.

• Barcelona, Spain
• Disneyland Paris, France
• Futuroscope, France
• In Flanders Fields Museum
• Kraków, Poland (WINNER)
• Puy du Fou, France

A special thank you to our 2025 Awards Partners…

Best Provision for SEND

This category is presented in partnership with YHA.

• Brooklands Museum
• London Transport Museum (WINNER)
• Royal Air Force Museum London
• Science Museum, London
• Shuttleworth
• Winchester Science Centre

Best Museum Visit

This category is presented in partnership with PGL Beyond.

• Black Country Living Museum
• Eden Camp Modern History Museum
• Imperial War Museum, London
• Natural History Museum, London (WINNER)
• Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
• Twist Museum
• Young V&A

Best Education Workshops

This category is presented in partnership with Halsbury Travel. 

• Delfont Mackintosh Theatres (WINNER)
• Disney on Stage
• LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort
• National Marine Aquarium
• North Yorkshire Moors Railway
• Powell-Cotton Museum
• The Royal Mint Experience

Education / Learning Team of the Year

This category is presented in partnership with Experience Education.

• Learning and Skills Team, The Auckland Project
• Education and Youth Team, New Forest National Park Authority
• The Ocean Conservation Trust Learning Team, National Marine Aquarium (WINNER)
• Learning Team, Warner. Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter

Read more about the Education/Learning Team of the Year finalists in our special feature here. 

Best Venue for STEM Learning

This category is presented in partnership with Visions in Education.

• Jodrell Bank
• LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort (WINNER)
• National Space Centre
• Science Museum, London
• Techniquest
• We The Curious
• Winchester Science Centre

Best Geography Learning Experience

This category is presented in partnership with Imperial War Museums.

• Canal & River Trust
• Cheddar Gorge & Caves (WINNER)
• Field Studies Council
• Heights of Abraham
• The Living Rainforest
• Lost Earth Adventures
• Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Best Venue for English Learning

This category is presented in partnership with TCBC School Tours.

• British Library
• Jane Austen’s House
• Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
• Royal Shakespeare Company
• Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books
• Shakespeare’s Globe (WINNER)
• Shrek’s Adventure London

Best Wildlife Attraction

This category is presented in partnership with Scout Adventures.

• Chester Zoo (WINNER)
• Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens
• The Living Rainforest
• Monkey World
• SEA LIFE Centres
• West Midlands Safari Park
• Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Best School Tour Operator (Small / Medium)

This category is presented in partnership with Disney’s Hercules.

• Diverse School Travel
• GB Sports Tours
• Operation Wallacea
• The School Travel Company
• TCBC School Tours (WINNER)
• Visions in Education

Best School Tour Operator (Large)

This category is presented in partnership with LeShuttle.

• Camps International
• Equity
• Halsbury Travel
• Next Generation Travel Group
• NST
• Rayburn Tours (WINNER)
• Select School Travel
• Travelbound

Best Residential Experience

This category is presented in partnership with EVOLVE Advice.

• Conway Centres
• JCA
• Lost Earth Adventures
• The Outward Bound Trust
• PGL (WINNER)
• Scout Adventures
• YHA

‘My Best School Trip’ Award

This category is presented in partnership with Go Ape.

• Abbeymead Primary School, Gloucester, for their Year 5/6 Snowdon adventure.
• Diss High School, Norfolk, for their Year 12 trip to New York.
• Falmouth School, Cornwall, for their Year 9 Girls in STEM day trip to King Edward Mine.
• Southgate School, Huddersfield, for their residential to the Calvert Trust in the Lake District.
• St Woolos Primary School, Newport, Wales, for their Year 5 residential to Treginnis Farm. (WINNER)

Read more about the ‘My Best School Trip’ Award finalists in our special feature here. 

School Trip Champion Award

This category is presented in partnership with Next Generation Travel Group.

• Helen Claringbull, The Magna Carta School, Staines Upon Thames, Surrey
• Dave Cook, Tendring Technology College, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex (WINNER)
• Craig Evason, Royal Liberty School, Romford, Essex
• Davita Graftstein, Sudbury Primary School, Brent, London

Read more about the School Trip Champion finalists in our special feature here.